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Conjugation of the Italian verb cucinare

A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb cucinare, along with their English translations.

cucinare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
cucinare	to cook

Present		Scored
io cucino	I cook
tu cucini	you cook
lui cucina	he cooks
lei cucina	she cooks
noi cuciniamo	we cook
voi cucinate	you cook
loro cucinano	they cook

Imperfect		Scored
io cucinavo	I was cooking
tu cucinavi	you were cooking
lui cucinava	he was cooking
lei cucinava	she was cooking
noi cucinavamo	we were cooking
voi cucinavate	you were cooking
loro cucinavano	they were cooking

Past Historic / Passato remoto This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passato Prossimo is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
io cucinai	I cooked
tu cucinasti	you cooked
lui cucinò	he cooked
lei cucinò	she cooked
noi cucinammo	we cooked
voi cucinaste	you cooked
loro cucinarono	they cooked

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io ho cucinato	I cooked
tu hai cucinato	you cooked
lui ha cucinato	he cooked
lei ha cucinato	she cooked
noi abbiamo cucinato	we cooked
voi avete cucinato	you cooked
loro hanno cucinato	they cooked

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io avevo cucinato	I had cooked
tu avevi cucinato	you had cooked
lui aveva cucinato	he had cooked
lei aveva cucinato	she had cooked
noi avevamo cucinato	we had cooked
voi avevate cucinato	you had cooked
loro avevano cucinato	they had cooked

Future		Scored
io cucinerò	I will cook
tu cucinerai	you will cook
lui cucinerà	he will cook
lei cucinerà	she will cook
noi cucineremo	we will cook
voi cucinerete	you will cook
loro cucineranno	they will cook

Future Perfect / Futuro anteriore The Italian Future Perfect or Futuro anteriore is made with the future tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrò cucinato	I will have cooked
tu avrai cucinato	you will have cooked
lui avrà cucinato	he will have cooked
lei avrà cucinato	she will have cooked
noi avremo cucinato	we will have cooked
voi avrete cucinato	you will have cooked
loro avranno cucinato	they will have cooked

Conditional		Scored
io cucinerei	I would cook
tu cucineresti	you would cook
lui cucinerebbe	he would cook
lei cucinerebbe	she would cook
noi cucineremmo	we would cook
voi cucinereste	you would cook
loro cucinerebbero	they would cook

Conditional Perfect / Condizionale Passato The Italian Conditional Perfect or Condizionale Passato is made with the conditional tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrei cucinato	I would have cooked
tu avresti cucinato	you would have cooked
lui avrebbe cucinato	he would have cooked
lei avrebbe cucinato	she would have cooked
noi avremmo cucinato	we would have cooked
voi avreste cucinato	you would have cooked
loro avrebbero cucinato	they would have cooked

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io cucini	(... that) I cook
(... che) tu cucini	(... that) you cook
(... che) lui cucini	(... that) he cooks
(... che) lei cucini	(... that) she cooks
(... che) noi cuciniamo	(... that) we cook
(... che) voi cuciniate	(... that) you cook
(... che) loro cucinino	(... that) they cook

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io cucinassi	(... that) I was cooking
(... che) tu cucinassi	(... that) you were cooking
(... che) lui cucinasse	(... that) he was cooking
(... che) lei cucinasse	(... that) she was cooking
(... che) noi cucinassimo	(... that) we were cooking
(... che) voi cucinaste	(... that) you were cooking
(... che) loro cucinassero	(... that) they were cooking

Imperative		Scored
cucina	Cook
cuciniamo	Let's cook
cucinate	Cook

Present Participle		Scored
cucinante	cooking

Past Participle		Scored
cucinato	cooked

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